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 Dictionary of Indian Biography A to C

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Date transcribed2011-01-01
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Abbott    
First Name(s)  Saunders Alexius    
Year of Birth  1811    
Year of Death  1894    
Entry  Maj -General : born July 9, 1811 : son of Henry Alexius Abbott, merchant, Calcutta ; educated privately and at Addiscombe ; joined the Bengal Infantry in 1828 : appointed, in 1836, Assistant in the Revenue Survey under Sir H Lawrence (q.v.) : held Survey charges, 1838-42 : present at Mudki, Dec. 18, 1845, bringing the reserves from Kasauli and Sabathu by forced marches : also as A.D.C. to Lord Hardinge at Firozshahr ; dangerously wounded : Deputy Commissioner of Umbala, 1847 : of Hoshiarpur, 1849 : in charge there during the mutiny ; Commissioner of Lucknow, 1858-63 ; Brevet-Major, 1846 ; Hon. A.D.C. to Governor-Generals, until he retired Sep. 1864 : after retirement was Agent of the Sind, Panjab, and Delhi railway at Lahore for years, and afterwards on the Home Board of Direction : died at Brighton, Feb. 7, 1894.     
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